Cookies

She: "Why would anyone name a cookie Spunkmeyer?" Me: "Maybe it invoked a pleasant memory." She: "Of what, spunk?" Me: "Yes, Meyer's spunk. There's a whole tie-in with milk there, too. Or maybe it's a revered family name." She: "We could do research and find out." Me: "Either way, I'm

The Power of Two

She: "Oh great! Now there are two of you I have to contend with!" T1: "That's right! Not one, but two Tammys! Muwahahaha!" T2: "An heir and a spare!" T1: "It's not Tam I Am, it's Tam R Us!" She: "God, get me out of here!"

In case of Armageddon…

Me: "They do have baseball in Montana and football, too. All of the niceties." He: "Really? I wouldn't have expected that." Me: "Sure. I even ran into several Red Sox fans." He: "You know it will be Armageddon if there's a Cubs-Red Sox World Series." Me: "Yes. I mentioned that

Pure thoughts

(whispering) Me: This church is beautiful! I love the painting on the walls... It's so spiritual. She: Yes, they even list the virtues up there. Me: I'm so glad we aren't sitting over there... right under "chastity." She: They need a "houchie mama" section. Guaranteed it would be jam-packed and

Better living through chemicals. Or not?

Me: "Did you pick up enough free samples of deodorant?" He: "Yep. I've got enough to last a year." Me: "What about the Rogaine samples? Did you pick up enough of those?" He: "I don't believe in handling something that pregnant mothers can't use. That weirds me out." Me: "What?

Stress

Me: "I may kill someone before the week is out." She: "Are you selling tickets?" Me: "Nah, first come, first served." She: "I meant are you selling tickets to watch?" Me: "Oh, oh! I hadn't even thought about the revenue generating aspect. I don't think so...I don't want a business